Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hapáθniH

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sapátniH (whence Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapatnī, “co-wife”)), from *sa- (“together, co-”) +‎ *pátniH (“wife”), from Proto-Indo-European *pótnih₂ (“wife”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πότνια (pótnia, “mistress, lady”).

Noun

*hapáθniH f

1. co-wife

Derived terms

• *hapáθniHaHčah
  • Sogdo-Bactrian:
    • Khwarezmian: اپن (apan(a))
    • Sogdian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫗𐫀𐫗𐫝 (pnʾnc /⁠panānč⁠/)

      • → Classical Persian: بنانج (banānǰ), گولانج (gôlânj)

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (hapaθnī)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Ossetian: бин (bin)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Kaniguram: ون (wan)
  • Pashto: بن (bën)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: ہپوک (hapók)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: ھەوێ (hewê)

    Northern Kurdish: hewî, hêwî

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Caspian:
      • Gilaki: آویستی (āvisti)
      • Mazanderani: وسنی (vasnī)
      • Shahmirzadi: اوزین (uzīn)
      • Talysh: әвәсны, əvəsnı
    • Proto-Komisenian:
      • Lasgerdi: اوزنی (ovezni)
      • Sangisari: اوزنی (ozni)
    • Parthian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫁𐫇𐫃 (ʾbwg /⁠aβōγ⁠/)

• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠habōg; hambašn⁠/)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hbwk'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hnbšn')

    Pazend script: 𐬑𐬀𐬬𐬋 (xavō)

    • Lurish:

      Bakhtiari: هبو (habbū), هوو (havu)

      Northern Luri: هاوو (hāvū)

    • Classical Persian: هبو (habō)

      Iranian Persian: هوو (havū)

      Tajik: ҳавӯ (havü)

• Unsorted borrowings:
  • → Classical Persian: آموسنی (āmūsnī, āmwisnī), وسنی (wasnī, usnī), باوسنی (bāwsnī), اموسنی (amūsnī, amwisnī) (?), آسی (āsī)
  • →? Old Armenian: ամուսին (amusin)